‘Race baiting’ Stantis cartoon riles black community; calls for firing
A Scott Stantis cartoon that was not approved for print was accidently posted on the web last Tuesday angering members…
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Newspapers and readers react to cancer on the funny pages
With the last week of the Funky Winkerbean story-line of the dying Lisa Moore character, newspapers and readers are talking…
Chicago Tribune Outlines Reasons They Censored Get Fuzzy
Chicago Tribune Public Editor Timothy McNulty has written a response to many a questioning readers as to why a September…
Amy Lago Responds to Dropped Opus Flap
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has posted an interview Tom Spurgeon coducted with Amy Lago, editor of the Washington…
Swedish Cartoonist: It’s good to know how much one is worth
Despite having a $100,000 bounty on his head (an additional $50k if he’s beheaded), Lars Vilks, the Swedish cartoonist who…
Michael Ramirez ticks off Iranians
Investors Business Daily editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez has managed to offend a few Iranians after a cartoon he drew depicting…
Bad timing: Candorville’s Trial Run in Conservative Paper Coincides With Topic of Gay Republicans
Darrin Bell’s Candorville is in trial mode at the Raleigh News & Observer – a conservative southern paper, and as…
Another College Cartoon Draws Controversy
The Recorder, the school paper of Central Connecticut State University, has managed to offend (disgust?) students and facility by running…
Virginia Student Cartoonist Suspended Indefinitely (UPDATED)
Last week I reported that Grant Woolard, a student cartoonist at the University of Virginia, had erupted another firestorm by…
Cartoonist Sparks Another Furor at University of Virginia
Last year, I reported about Grant Woolard, a student cartoonist at the University of Virginia, who created a national stir…
Cox and Forkum Criticize Washington Post for Not Running Opus
© John Cox and Allen Forkum, used by permission. Online editorial cartoonists John Cox and Allen Forkum weigh in on…
Scott Nychay Wins More Awards for Paper That Canned Him
Scott Nychay is an award winning cartoonist who was let go from his paper, The Northwest Herald, last October for…
Dropped Opus Causing Questions of Double Standards (UPDATE)
After more than 2 dozen papers temporarily dropped Berkeley Breathed’s Opus this last Sunday, many are questioning if the strip…
Ed Gamble Will Keep His Job (UPDATED)
The Times-Union editorial cartoonist Ed Gamble made headlines last week as African-Americans in Jacksonville, as well as nationally, cried foul…
Opus temporarily dropped in over 25 papers
Berkeley Breathed’s Opus has been temporarily dropped by 25 or more papers today and next week as the topic involves…